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Managing Annual Leave and Bank Holidays: A Common SME Challenge

16th March 2026ArticlesFeatured Post

Managing annual leave and bank holidays can be challenging for SMEs. Discover practical tips for balancing employee requests with operational needs.

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Be cutting-edge and stay compliant with our FREE AI Usage Policy

1st August 2025Download Guides

AI brings huge opportunities — but also real risks. Our free AI Usage Policy template helps small businesses set clear boundaries, protect sensitive data, and encourage responsible innovation.

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Free Neonatal Care Leave Policy Template

20th July 2025Download Guides

New neonatal care leave rights are now law. Employees can take up to 12 weeks’ leave from day one if their baby needs hospital care. Download our free, ready-to-use policy template to stay compliant and support your people with compassion.

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Wellbeing in the Workplace in 2025: It Just Got Personal

14th May 2025News

Wellbeing is set to be an HR headline this year – again. What’s changing now you may ask? 2025 will see a discernible shift in how we perceive and dispense wellbeing. The days of a one-size-fits-all approach are over.

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Q1 2025: Legal Update

8th February 2025Legal Updates

Our first quarterly legal update of 2025.

This post is available for our Retained and Registered Clients. For more information Contact Us.

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HR Trends to Look Out For in 2025

10th January 2025News

Here we are, January 2025, looking at what this year has in store for your workplace. So, what can you expect?

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Legal Update – October 2024

24th October 2024Legal Updates

Labour’s first 100 days in Government promised to bring about change, opportunity and flexibility for workers and employers, and last week the content of the Employment Rights Bill was been revealed.

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Quarterly Employment Law Update – September 2024

10th October 2024Legal Updates

There is no doubt that this year has brought much change, a new Government, and with it large uncertainty about what lies ahead for you and your team.

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AI & Your People: A Practical Introduction to AI for Your Business

9th October 2024News

We recently hosted an insightful and interactive webinar, ‘AI & Your People: A Practical Introduction to […]

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Why a Robust HR System is Vital for a Scaling Business

8th August 2024News

As an SME leader, isn’t it exciting to watch your business grow? Affirmation that all […]

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    We have been using Breathe over the last term to track our staff holidays. This is a great system as it highlights different cohorts of staff and when is free for others to book on the calendar. This has supported our ratio requirements and helped us to track holiday entitlements.

    We like the system so much that we have extended it to using the staffing schedules to log staff attendance and hours needed to be processed for payroll. Sharon has been so helpful in helping us set up different employees work patterns and it has been really effective for our nursery needs.

     

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    Phillipa Arnold – Operations Manager. Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries – Cambridge Franchise

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    SYLO Beyond HR delivered a series of seven Manager Skills sessions for our managers between October 2024 and early 2025, delivered through a blend of face‑to‑face and online workshops.

    The programme covered essential topics for our managers, including Being a Role Model, Communication Skills (Parts 1 & 2), Empowering Others, Basics of HR, Techniques for Handling Difficult Situations, and Giving and Receiving Feedback.

    The training was practical, engaging, and tailored to our organisation, while also being delivered a in a human way. Our managers particularly valued the real‑world examples, the safe space created for discussion, and the actionable tools they could use immediately in their roles.

    The skills sessions have had a positive impact in how our managers communicate, set expectations, and handle challenging situations with greater confidence.

    SYLO’s facilitators were knowledgeable, supportive, and highly engaging throughout the programme. We would happily recommend SYLO Beyond HR to any organisation looking to strengthen their management capability.

     

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    Petrova Caldecourt, Partner, For and on behalf of Lightfoot Solicitors

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    As always, SYLO delivered a thoughtful and insightful session and I enjoyed hearing their thoughts on valuing difference in the workplace. It has helped me to be able to think about how I can encourage the people I work with to consider how effective their inclusive policies and practices are.

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    Karen Tate – Employee Relations Lead MPDN

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    Sarah allows our business to concentrate on the jobs we set out to do, and not have to worry about the HR input, with a highly professional service that she provides. 

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    Stuart Barr, Director – Barr Group, Thame

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    ​I found working with SYLO incredibly comfortable.  They helped me to define the real issues and then guided me through figuring out a solution. This resulted in a huge shift in the workload I was carrying to manageable levels, greater and welcomed empowerment for the talent in my team, and a manager (mine) who was fully up to speed on what was actually going on.

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    Georgina Carey, Senior Manager – Transport For London